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From: jak@talcott.UUCP (Joe Konstan)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: Re: Transporter
Message-ID: <451@talcott.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 13-Jun-85 20:00:40 EDT
Article-I.D.: talcott.451
Posted: Thu Jun 13 20:00:40 1985
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> >> >	I don't remember much of my Star Trek trivial, but couldn't
> >> >all of this mess be explained by saying that the transporter was
> >> >a gift from the Organians (I believe that is the name of the race.)
> >> >
> >> >					      Thomas Andrews
>       
> How can you possibly say this.  The first contact with Organians was
> in 'Errand of Mercy' where Kirk and Spock BEAMED down to the planet.
>    
> If  (i) this was the first encounter with the Organians, they could not
>         beam down to the planet since they would not have yet been 
>         given the transporter...

We know this is not the case, since they have had the Enterprise for a
while before encountering Organia, and Klingons, Romulans, etc. also had
transporters.

>    (ii) this was not the first encounter and they had been given the
>         transporter by the Organians, then Kirk and Spock would have
>         known that this was an advanced culture and not a bunch of
>         'sheep'...

Unless the Federation (et. al.) was unaware that the Organians were
involved.  Perhaps the Organians have "missionaries" who travel the
universe and take the form of natives, thereby allowing them to impart
selected scientific advancements without being detected.

-Mithrandir
jak@talcott.{UUCP,ARPA}